Space Shuttle Information (and Misc)

This page has all of the documents I could find about the Space Shuttle, more information is here about where they came from. My main page about all the other things I do is here. If you DO find NASA Space Shuttle information or a web page that you want to keep I STRONGLY suggest you download it when you find it. While updating my main page I clicked on the links from many years ago and those sites are gone. An example is the reference to the External Tank, now only to be found on the Wayback Machine on Archive.Org, i.e. External Tank (minus any graphics on the page). NASA is slowly closing all the web sites that they had documenting the Space Shuttle.

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For files larger than 100 MB Google Drive will state that the file has not been scanned for viruses and ask you if you want to "Download anyway". Since none of the below files are executable you can click on the download button.

Here is the Bing Drive share Link so that you can download all the files easily
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Here is the Google Drive share Link so that you can download all the files easily.
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Just browse the directory Directory of shuttle files so that you can look at all the files in a folder structure.
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If you just want to look at all the pictures, images, and diagrams I made a page of them so that you can look at JUST the pictures. Your choice.

Ever wonder what it took to build Pad-B for the space Shuttle? James MacLaren tells you all about the people and the steel, pipes and wrires behind the construction of Pad-B for launching the Space Shuttle.

In addition here is a behind the scenes look at Spaceflight training and additional documents about the shuttle.

Well done PBS station WLRN Documentary covering the Space Shuttle Program, When We Were Shuttle, here is the website with more information. I worked with Travis Thompson quite a bit, great guy. I also worked with Bill Carr as he was coming on shift and I was going off third shift.

David Rumsey has Space Shuttle Mission Charts showing what the orbits of various missions were at different launch inclinations from 1982 to 1985. These were hard to get at KSC when I was there, I got a couple like the Mission Chart for STS-66 (I scanned this one in, not nearly as good as the ones from David Rumsey).

Jonathan H Ward has written multiple books on the Space Program. The Apollo Launch Control website has a TON of information about technology and processes used at Kennedy Space Center during Apollo.

Additional videos related to the Space Shuttle are as follows:

Space Shuttle 'Two Out Blue' Actual Simulation Recording with added visuals of RTLS Return with engines failing, unable to return to Kennedy Space Center
Space Shuttle Main Propulsion System (MPS) Solenoid X Ray March 5 1992
Space Shuttle Borescope (Body Flap?) Jobcard V30-1540-5
Space Shuttle PR STR 3-11-3340 - Jobcard V30-1540-5 - Bodyflap
Space Shuttle OV289 LSC Crew Module Access
Space Shuttle OV211 LSC PLB Aft Fam
Space Shuttle SSME Starts - Challenger on pad abort and engine replacement - Engines to Rain Drain
Titan SRB description and Titan Investigation of 4D-2 34D-9
Rockets Gone Bad - Unsuccessful Launches and Launch Failures
Speaker Rear Admiral Grace Hopper
The Range Safety story
Space Shuttle SSME (Mis) Starts
The Linear Aerospike Engine
Space Shuttle STS-135 Launch Imagery

An explanation of the audio tapes. These are tapes of working the OMI (Orbiter Maintenance Instructions) procedure. Some of these procedures:
     - OMI S0007 - Integrated OMI for load and launch of the space shuttle. This consisted of 5 volumes (see below Launch OMI - S0007VL1.TXT thru Launch OMI - S0007VL5.TXT
     - OMI S0017 - Integrated OMI for the TCDT - Terminal CountDown Test. A simulation of launch countdown for the crew of the space shuttle to experience what would happen on launch day and familiarize themselves with the Shuttle they would fly in.
     - OMI V1009.04 - MPS LO2 leak checks, checking the Main Propulsion System for any leaks using a helium leak detector. For a description of the MPS system see Lessons Learned from the Design Certification Operation of the Space Shuttle Integrated Main Propulsion System 20110013223
     - OMI V1011.06 - SSME Leak checks and Flight Readiness Test (Gimbal checks and flow checks). For a full description of SSME procesing see NASA TP - 1998 - 208530 Reusable Rocket Engine Operability Modeling and Analysis Christenson_and_Komar
     - OMI V1202 - Integrated MPS /SSME leak check, checking the Main Propulsion System and the Space Shuttle Maine Engines as a single unit for any leaks using a helium leak detector. For a description of the Helium Signature test see V1202_1030718main_AIAA_HeSigTest and V1202_1030721main_Evolution of the Main Propulsion Helium Signature Test
The Audio tapes are in the STS Voice Tapes directory:

Space Shuttle STS-55 Launch OV-102 Columbia Audio
Space Shuttle STS-68 S0007 Launch Abort OV-105 1994 Aug 18 and safing Audio
Space Shuttle STS-37 or STS-39 - V1011.06 1991 January 28 - Channel 146 Audio
Space Shuttle STS-49 - OV-105 1st Flt V1009.04 OPF 1991 Oct 23 test and checkout Audio
Space Shuttle STS-63 or STS-67 - V1011 - FR3 - 1995 January 06 Audio
Space Shuttle STS Unknown Payload Orbiter Docking System ODS Testing Audio
Space Shuttle STS-Unknown - S0017 (Crew Testing) and V1202 (Helium Signature test) Postops Audio

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